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Guy Cheats On His GF With A Man, Saying It’s Due To Altitude, Is Flabbergasted When She Dumps Him
Guy Cheats On His GF With A Man, Saying It’s Due To Altitude, Is Flabbergasted When She Dumps Him
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Guy Cheats On His GF With A Man, Saying It’s Due To Altitude, Is Flabbergasted When She Dumps Him

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Everybody has come up with an excuse at least once in their lives. Most people do it to steer clear of specific situations or get away with things they’ve done. The idea behind making up such justifications is to simply avoid facing consequences. The problem is sometimes folks get a bit too creative with their excuses.

This is exactly what a man did when his girlfriend found out about his affair. Although he claimed to be straight, he had cheated with another man, so he came up with an incredible story to justify his actions.

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    The woman’s boyfriend of three years used to go to Utah a few times for work, and one time, his co-worker sent her a message saying that her boyfriend had an affair with another man

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    She was shocked because her boyfriend had always identified as straight, but when she confronted him about it, he confirmed that he had slept with a man

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    Things were even more shocking when he blamed his actions on Utah’s altitude, claiming that it suddenly turned him gay and that as soon as he returned, he was “back to being straight”

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    The woman wanted to break up with her cheating boyfriend, but he said that it wasn’t his fault because the high altitude temporarily altered his brain chemistry

    Try to think back to every excuse you’ve ever made up in your life; most likely, none of them can match up to this guy’s crazy story. That’s probably what his girlfriend thought, too, when he tried to justify his cheating. She didn’t believe that he’d have an affair with a man and honestly expected him to say the entire thing was nonsense.

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    Unfortunately for her, he confirmed that all of it happened but excused it away by blaming it on Utah’s altitude. His theory was that the high elevation suddenly made him gay and that it was also why he slept with a man. Even though he claimed to be confused by all of it, nobody was more confused than his girlfriend. 

    Now, Utah is considered a high-altitude state since its average elevation is 6,100 feet above sea level. The cheating boyfriend’s justification was that such elevations can alter people’s brain chemistry and make them do things they would not normally do. He even got mad at his girlfriend for questioning him and said she shouldn’t blame him for something “medical and scientific” that he couldn’t control.

    This is probably one of the greatest excuses ever given, and there’s a very tiny element of truth to the actual idea. High altitudes do sometimes have a powerful effect on people and can impact a person’s mood, behavior, and mental performance. Some folks become irritable, anxious, or withdrawn, but so far, there have been no reports of individuals accidentally becoming gay.

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    No matter how much the boyfriend insists that people can turn gay just for a little bit, research shows that a person’s orientation cannot just change willy-nilly. There have, of course, been rare instances of sudden changes in attraction, like the case of a straight rugby player named Chris Birch, who had a stroke and then became a queer hairdresser. Those are exceptional circumstances!

    The boyfriend’s ridiculous excuse for cheating had no scientific basis whatsoever, no matter how hard he tried to convince his partner otherwise. He also acted like she was being “rude and weird” for questioning him about his temporarily altered “brain chemistry.”

    It’s obvious that he was trying to gaslight her and divert her attention from his affair. Experts say people who gaslight others often refuse to take responsibility for their actions and also manipulate the focus of discussions. This is exactly what the man was doing, and he did it so well that he made the poster question reality.

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    Scientists keep discovering new things about the universe and about life itself. We only hope they follow up on this man’s groundbreaking discovery of high altitudes turning people gay. Till then, we can only laugh at the absurdity of it all, which is exactly what folks did. 

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    How would you have reacted if you were in the poster’s shoes and someone told you a story like this?

    People flooded the comments section with jokes about the poster’s boyfriend and told her that nothing like what he said was even possible

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    Bookworm
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP posted an update in the comments: I don't know, I have read a lot of comments (almost all of them) and it turns out there is in general a consensus that this is not true. I knew it the entire time, in my head, I just let my heart give me doubts. I know I sound absurd in my post questioning if it was really possible. Yet, I couldn't bring myself to accept it. Now I do. I met my boyfriend just this afternoon. He acted like nothing was abnormal. I told him it was over. He acted like I thought he was joking. I said, come on, he cheated on me. He said he couldn't believe I was blaming him for it. "It was the altitude!" He kept saying it. Like seriously...he said it like 15 times in a row. He was insistent. I told him it didn't matter if the altitude made him gay, he still had a choice to not cheat on me. He accused me of being a bigot! I said, it's over. I left. He has texted me many times claiming that he was only temporarily and unwillingly gay due to the attitude.

    Bookworm
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is sticking to this story to the end. Well, I am going to block him! And that's that.

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    G A
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would think Mt Everest would be an absolute sausage fest orgy if this was true!

    zovjraar me
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this comment made me do a spit take and now i'm apologizing to my cat for getting him all wet.

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    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Presumably going into the Mariana Trench would turn a gay person straight? I mean, it's a novel defence, but come on...otherwise all the Mormons in Utah would have sexual issues. Oh, hang on...

    Vinnie
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The thin air does impede conversation. As Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay always liked to say: "What happens on Mount Everest, stays on Mount Everest."

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    Surly Scot
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's bi, and refuses to admit it. He cheated, lied, and gaslit her. He's a creep in any respect. Run.

    Weasel Wise
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I cannot be reading this correctly!?! Does the woman seriously think being gay can be triggered by something?! Goddàmn! What school did she go to that she doesn't know the very basics of being human? I'm sure next she's gonna be on here asking how she got pregnant. 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

    Mary Allan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe he's gay, maybe he's not. It doesn't really matter. The point is he cheated. That is the deal breaker and that is why she should leave him.

    Adam Belaire
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I swear honey, it's the altitude. Anything above 430.5 meters below sea level turns me gay!

    Vinnie
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or maybe he can't tell the difference between "altitude" and "attitude".

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    Scott Rackley
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, let me check notes, Utah and altitude causes the gay. I never thought I'd see those separately much less together in that sentence. I thought it would be San Fran and leather vests, but what do I know.

    Traveling Lady Railfan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this were real, (and dismissal of "altitude changed my brain, I suddenly went gay, couldn't help myself, but now I'm home and straight again" BS aside) he's totally gaslighting you in terms of the cheating. "Oh, not my fault ...medical reasons... altitude...brain changes... scientific... temporary"...yeah, whatever. So higher altitude turns you homosexual (temporarily)...shouldn't those awful "pray out the gay" tortures be conducted at sea level or underwater for the heterosexual effect?

    Sunny Day
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gay, Bi, straight, necrophilia- he's a cheater, and he'll always be a cheater. He just enlarged his dating pool.

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    Bookworm
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP posted an update in the comments: I don't know, I have read a lot of comments (almost all of them) and it turns out there is in general a consensus that this is not true. I knew it the entire time, in my head, I just let my heart give me doubts. I know I sound absurd in my post questioning if it was really possible. Yet, I couldn't bring myself to accept it. Now I do. I met my boyfriend just this afternoon. He acted like nothing was abnormal. I told him it was over. He acted like I thought he was joking. I said, come on, he cheated on me. He said he couldn't believe I was blaming him for it. "It was the altitude!" He kept saying it. Like seriously...he said it like 15 times in a row. He was insistent. I told him it didn't matter if the altitude made him gay, he still had a choice to not cheat on me. He accused me of being a bigot! I said, it's over. I left. He has texted me many times claiming that he was only temporarily and unwillingly gay due to the attitude.

    Bookworm
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is sticking to this story to the end. Well, I am going to block him! And that's that.

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    G A
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would think Mt Everest would be an absolute sausage fest orgy if this was true!

    zovjraar me
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this comment made me do a spit take and now i'm apologizing to my cat for getting him all wet.

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    Apatheist Account2
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Presumably going into the Mariana Trench would turn a gay person straight? I mean, it's a novel defence, but come on...otherwise all the Mormons in Utah would have sexual issues. Oh, hang on...

    Vinnie
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The thin air does impede conversation. As Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay always liked to say: "What happens on Mount Everest, stays on Mount Everest."

    Load More Replies...
    Surly Scot
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's bi, and refuses to admit it. He cheated, lied, and gaslit her. He's a creep in any respect. Run.

    Weasel Wise
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I cannot be reading this correctly!?! Does the woman seriously think being gay can be triggered by something?! Goddàmn! What school did she go to that she doesn't know the very basics of being human? I'm sure next she's gonna be on here asking how she got pregnant. 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

    Mary Allan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe he's gay, maybe he's not. It doesn't really matter. The point is he cheated. That is the deal breaker and that is why she should leave him.

    Adam Belaire
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I swear honey, it's the altitude. Anything above 430.5 meters below sea level turns me gay!

    Vinnie
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or maybe he can't tell the difference between "altitude" and "attitude".

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    Scott Rackley
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, let me check notes, Utah and altitude causes the gay. I never thought I'd see those separately much less together in that sentence. I thought it would be San Fran and leather vests, but what do I know.

    Traveling Lady Railfan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this were real, (and dismissal of "altitude changed my brain, I suddenly went gay, couldn't help myself, but now I'm home and straight again" BS aside) he's totally gaslighting you in terms of the cheating. "Oh, not my fault ...medical reasons... altitude...brain changes... scientific... temporary"...yeah, whatever. So higher altitude turns you homosexual (temporarily)...shouldn't those awful "pray out the gay" tortures be conducted at sea level or underwater for the heterosexual effect?

    Sunny Day
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gay, Bi, straight, necrophilia- he's a cheater, and he'll always be a cheater. He just enlarged his dating pool.

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